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Luke 11-13
New American Standard Bible 1995

Instruction about Prayer

11 It happened that while [a]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” 2 And He said to them, “(A)When you pray, say:

‘[b]Father, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
3 ‘Give us (B)each day our [c]daily bread.
4 ‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who (C)is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”

5 Then He said to them, “[d]Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children [e]and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet (D)because of his [f]persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 “So I say to you, [g](E)ask, and it will be given to you; [h]seek, and you will find; [i]knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. 11 Now [j]suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a [k]fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 13 (F)If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your [l]heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

Pharisees’ Blasphemy

14 (G)And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed. 15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons (H)by (I)Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” 16 Others, [m]to test Him, (J)were demanding of Him a [n]sign from heaven. 17 (K)But He knew their thoughts and said to them, “[o]Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against [p]itself falls. 18 If (L)Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by (M)Beelzebul. 19 And if I by (N)Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges. 20 But if I cast out demons by the (O)finger of God, then (P)the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When [q]a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are [r]undisturbed. 22 But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder. 23 (Q)He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.

24 “(R)When the unclean spirit goes out of [s]a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

27 While [t]Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “(S)Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.” 28 But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are (T)those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

The Sign of Jonah

29 As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “(U)This generation is a wicked generation; it (V)seeks for a [u]sign, and yet no [v]sign will be given to it but the [w]sign of Jonah. 30 For just as (W)Jonah became a [x]sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The (X)Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because (Y)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

33 “(Z)No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 (AA)The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is [y]clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is [z]bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. 36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.”

Woes upon the Pharisees

37 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first [aa](AB)ceremonially washed before the [ab]meal. 39 But (AC)the Lord said to him, “Now (AD)you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but [ac]inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. 40 (AE)You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But (AF)give that which is within as charity, and [ad]then all things are (AG)clean for you.

42 “(AH)But woe to you Pharisees! For you (AI)pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you (AJ)love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. 44 (AK)Woe to you! For you are like [ae]concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”

45 One of the [af](AL)lawyers *said to Him in reply, “Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.” 46 But He said, “Woe to you (AM)lawyers as well! For (AN)you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, [ag]while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 (AO)Woe to you! For you build the [ah]tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. 48 So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 For this reason also (AP)the wisdom of God said, ‘(AQ)I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will [ai]persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed (AR)since the foundation of the world, may be [aj]charged against this generation, 51 from (AS)the blood of Abel to (AT)the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be [ak]charged against this generation.’ 52 Woe to you [al](AU)lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; (AV)you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.”

53 When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, 54 (AW)plotting against Him (AX)to catch [am]Him in something He might say.

God Knows and Cares

12 Under these circumstances, after [an]so many thousands of [ao]people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “(AY)Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 (AZ)But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. 3 Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have [ap]whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon (BA)the housetops.

4 “I say to you, (BB)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will [aq]warn you whom to fear: (BC)fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into [ar](BD)hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! 6 Are not (BE)five sparrows sold for two [as]cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 (BF)Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

8 “And I say to you, everyone who (BG)confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; 9 but (BH)he who denies Me before men will be denied (BI)before the angels of God. 10 (BJ)And everyone who [at]speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him. 11 When they bring you before (BK)the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not (BL)worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; 12 for (BM)the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

Covetousness Denounced

13 Someone [au]in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But He said to him, “(BN)Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 Then He said to them, “(BO)Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.” 16 And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive. 17 And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, (BP)you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘(BQ)You fool! This very night [av](BR)your soul is required of you; and (BS)now who will own what you have prepared?’ 21 So is the man who (BT)stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

22 And He said to His disciples, “(BU)For this reason I say to you, [aw]do not worry about your [ax]life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the (BV)ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor (BW)barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds! 25 And which of you by worrying can add a single [ay](BX)hour to his [az]life’s span? 26 If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even (BY)Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? (BZ)You men of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not (CA)keep worrying. 30 For [ba]all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek His kingdom, and (CB)these things will be added to you. 32 (CC)Do not be afraid, (CD)little flock, for (CE)your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

33 “(CF)Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, (CG)an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys. 34 For (CH)where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Be in Readiness

35 “[bb](CI)Be dressed in (CJ)readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find (CK)on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that (CL)he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. 38 (CM)Whether he comes in the [bc]second watch, or even in the [bd]third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

39 “(CN)But [be]be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be [bf](CO)broken into. 40 (CP)You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not [bg]expect.”

41 Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or (CQ)to everyone else as well?” 42 And (CR)the Lord said, “(CS)Who then is the faithful and sensible (CT)steward, whom his master will put in charge of his [bh]servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that (CU)slave whom his [bi]master finds so doing when he comes. 44 Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master [bj]will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; 46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will (CV)receive many lashes, 48 but the one who did not (CW)know it, and committed deeds worthy of [bk]a flogging, will receive but few. (CX)From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

Christ Divides Men

49 “I [bl]have come to cast fire upon the earth; and [bm]how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a (CY)baptism to [bn]undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! 51 (CZ)Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; 52 for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, (DA)father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54 And He was also saying to the crowds, “(DB)When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out. 55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a (DC)hot day,’ and it turns out that way. 56 You hypocrites! (DD)You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but [bo]why do you not analyze this present time?

57 “And (DE)why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right? 58 For (DF)while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to [bp]settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last [bq](DG)cent.”

Call to Repent

13 Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood (DH)Pilate had [br]mixed with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus said to them, “(DI)Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? 3 I tell you, no, but unless you [bs]repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in (DJ)Siloam fell and killed them were worse [bt](DK)culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

6 And He began telling this parable: “A man had (DL)a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. 7 And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree [bu]without finding any. (DM)Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

Healing on the Sabbath

10 And He was (DN)teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had (DO)a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” 13 And He (DP)laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began (DQ)glorifying God. 14 But (DR)the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus (DS)had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “(DT)There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 But (DU)the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, (DV)does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? 16 And this woman, (DW)a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom (DX)Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 17 As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and (DY)the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven

18 So (DZ)He was saying, “(EA)What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and (EB)the birds of the [bv]air nested in its branches.”

20 And again He said, “(EC)To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21 (ED)It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in (EE)three [bw]pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

Teaching in the Villages

22 And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and (EF)proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. 23 And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, 24 “(EG)Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 Once the head of the house gets up and (EH)shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘(EI)Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘(EJ)I do not know where you are from.’ 26 Then you will (EK)begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets’; 27 and He will say, ‘I tell you, (EL)I do not know where you are from; (EM)depart from Me, all you evildoers.’ 28 (EN)In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. 29 And they (EO)will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, (EP)some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last.”

31 Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away, leave here, for (EQ)Herod wants to kill You.” 32 And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I [bx](ER)reach My goal.’ 33 Nevertheless (ES)I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a (ET)prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem. 34 (EU)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, (EV)just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it! 35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘(EW)Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:1 Lit He
  2. Luke 11:2 Later mss add phrases from Matt 6:9-13 to make the two passages closely similar
  3. Luke 11:3 Or bread for the coming day or needful bread
  4. Luke 11:5 Lit Which one of you will have
  5. Luke 11:7 Lit with me
  6. Luke 11:8 Lit shamelessness
  7. Luke 11:9 Or keep asking
  8. Luke 11:9 Or keep seeking
  9. Luke 11:9 Or keep knocking
  10. Luke 11:11 Lit which of you, a son, will ask the father
  11. Luke 11:11 Two early mss insert loaf, he will not give him a stone, will he, or for a
  12. Luke 11:13 Lit Father from heaven
  13. Luke 11:16 Lit testing
  14. Luke 11:16 Or attesting miracle
  15. Luke 11:17 Lit every
  16. Luke 11:17 Lit a house
  17. Luke 11:21 Lit the
  18. Luke 11:21 Lit in peace
  19. Luke 11:24 Lit the
  20. Luke 11:27 Lit He
  21. Luke 11:29 Or attesting miracle
  22. Luke 11:29 Or attesting miracle
  23. Luke 11:29 Or attesting miracle
  24. Luke 11:30 Or attesting miracle
  25. Luke 11:34 Or healthy
  26. Luke 11:34 Or evil
  27. Luke 11:38 Lit baptized
  28. Luke 11:38 Or lunch
  29. Luke 11:39 Lit your inside is full
  30. Luke 11:41 Lit behold
  31. Luke 11:44 Or indistinct, unseen
  32. Luke 11:45 I.e. experts in the Mosaic Law
  33. Luke 11:46 Lit and
  34. Luke 11:47 Or monuments to
  35. Luke 11:49 Or drive out
  36. Luke 11:50 Or required of
  37. Luke 11:51 Or required of
  38. Luke 11:52 I.e. experts in the Mosaic Law
  39. Luke 11:54 Lit something out of His mouth
  40. Luke 12:1 Lit myriads
  41. Luke 12:1 Lit the crowd
  42. Luke 12:3 Lit spoken in the ear
  43. Luke 12:5 Or show
  44. Luke 12:5 Gr Gehenna
  45. Luke 12:6 Gr assaria, the smallest of copper coins
  46. Luke 12:10 Lit will speak
  47. Luke 12:13 Lit out of
  48. Luke 12:20 Lit they are demanding your soul from you
  49. Luke 12:22 Or stop being worried
  50. Luke 12:22 Lit soul
  51. Luke 12:25 Lit cubit (approx 18 in.)
  52. Luke 12:25 Or height
  53. Luke 12:30 Or these things all the nations of the world
  54. Luke 12:35 Lit Let your loins be girded
  55. Luke 12:38 I.e. 9 p.m. to midnight
  56. Luke 12:38 I.e. midnight to 3 a.m.
  57. Luke 12:39 Lit know
  58. Luke 12:39 Lit dug through
  59. Luke 12:40 Lit think, suppose
  60. Luke 12:42 Lit service
  61. Luke 12:43 Or lord
  62. Luke 12:45 Lit is delaying to come
  63. Luke 12:48 Lit blows
  64. Luke 12:49 Or came
  65. Luke 12:49 Lit what do I wish if...?
  66. Luke 12:50 Lit be baptized with
  67. Luke 12:56 Lit how
  68. Luke 12:58 Lit be released from him
  69. Luke 12:59 Gr lepton; i.e. 1/128 of a denarius
  70. Luke 13:1 I.e. shed along with
  71. Luke 13:3 Or are repentant
  72. Luke 13:4 Lit debtors
  73. Luke 13:7 Lit and I do not find
  74. Luke 13:19 Or sky
  75. Luke 13:21 Gr sata
  76. Luke 13:32 Or am perfected
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Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer(A)(B)

11 One day Jesus was praying(C) in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord,(D) teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:

“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom(E) come.[b]
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
    for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c](F)
And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”(G)

5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.(H)

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;(I) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul(J)(K)

14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed.(L) 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul,(M) the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.”(N) 16 Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.(O)

17 Jesus knew their thoughts(P) and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18 If Satan(Q) is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God,(R) then the kingdom of God(S) has come upon you.

21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

23 “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.(T)

24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”(U)

27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”(V)

28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(W) and obey it.”(X)

The Sign of Jonah(Y)

29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign,(Z) but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.(AA) 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom;(AB) and now something greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah;(AC) and now something greater than Jonah is here.

The Lamp of the Body(AD)

33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.(AE) 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,[g] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,[h] your body also is full of darkness. 35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Woes on the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law

37 When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.(AF) 38 But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.(AG)

39 Then the Lord(AH) said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.(AI) 40 You foolish people!(AJ) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,(AK) and everything will be clean for you.(AL)

42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth(AM) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.(AN) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.(AO)

43 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.(AP)

44 “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves,(AQ) which people walk over without knowing it.”

45 One of the experts in the law(AR) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.(AS)

47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.(AT) 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(AU) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(AV) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(AW) to the blood of Zechariah,(AX) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(AY)

52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”(AZ)

53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(BA)

Warnings and Encouragements(BB)

12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[i] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.(BC) 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(BD) 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

4 “I tell you, my friends,(BE) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(BF) 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(BG) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(BH)

8 “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(BI) 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(BJ) before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man(BK) will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.(BL)

11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(BM) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”(BN)

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(BO)

16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(BP) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(BQ) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(BR)

21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(BS)

Do Not Worry(BT)

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(BU) And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[j]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor(BV) was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!(BW) 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(BX) knows that you need them.(BY) 31 But seek his kingdom,(BZ) and these things will be given to you as well.(CA)

32 “Do not be afraid,(CB) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(CC) 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(CD) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(CE) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(CF) 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(CG)

Watchfulness(CH)(CI)

35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(CJ) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(CK) 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief(CL) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready,(CM) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

42 The Lord(CN) answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.(CO) He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(CP) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(CQ) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

Not Peace but Division(CR)

49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism(CS) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(CT) 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”(CU)

Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(CV) 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?(CW)

57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.(CX) 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(CY)

Repent or Perish

13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate(CZ) had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?(DA) 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(DB) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(DC) you too will all perish.”

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.(DD) 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down!(DE) Why should it use up the soil?’

8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath

10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,(DF) 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.(DG) She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then he put his hands on her,(DH) and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,(DI) the synagogue leader(DJ) said to the people, “There are six days for work.(DK) So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”

15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?(DL) 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,(DM) whom Satan(DN) has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated,(DO) but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(DP)(DQ)

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God(DR) like?(DS) What shall I compare it to? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree,(DT) and the birds perched in its branches.”(DU)

20 Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[k] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”(DV)

The Narrow Door

22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.(DW) 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,(DX) because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’(DY)

26 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

27 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’(DZ)

28 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth,(EA) when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29 People will come from east and west(EB) and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”(EC)

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem(ED)(EE)

31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod(EF) wants to kill you.”

32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’(EG) 33 In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet(EH) can die outside Jerusalem!

34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(EI) and you were not willing. 35 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(EJ) I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[l]”(EK)

Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts Our Father in heaven
  2. Luke 11:2 Some manuscripts come. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
  3. Luke 11:4 Greek everyone who is indebted to us
  4. Luke 11:4 Some manuscripts temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
  5. Luke 11:8 Or yet to preserve his good name
  6. Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for
  7. Luke 11:34 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
  8. Luke 11:34 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.
  9. Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be
  10. Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height
  11. Luke 13:21 Or about 27 kilograms
  12. Luke 13:35 Psalm 118:26
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